Letter ordering an officer to go with a guard of one non-commissioned officer and six men in order to take charge of a passenger train on the Rome Railroad; the letter includes additional instructions. An example of the form to be kept is...
This page includes contact information that is written in Russian. C.C.C.P. is the Russian abbreviation for U.S.S.R. the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Soldiers; Draft; Government officials
Posing in front of a train are, from left to right, Alvin C. York, Jess W. Evans, Dr. J. P. Sloan, and A. S. Bushing. These men were the members of the Fentress County Draft Board.
Washington County, New York General Affidavit in the matter of a pension claim of Amos P. Ingrohaus stating that his son, John H. Ingrohaus, was not killed in the Battle of Fair Oaks. John Ingrohaus was a member of Company l, 96th Regiment N. Y....
Headstone of S. K. P. House, 1st Lt., Co. B and Co. F, 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. His grave is in the House Cemetery in Gibson County, Tenn. See dyer010, dyer011, and dyer013 for related materials.
Ambrotype case and image of Capt. S. K. P. House, Co. B and Co. F, 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The photograph was taken before the Civil War. House enlisted as a 1st Lt. and rose to captain during the war.
Letter from S. K. P. House, 1st Lt., Co. B and Co. F, 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. In the letter he discusses the death of William (reported to be his brother). House conveys that he plans to enlist again. He also writes about the "posession of...
Daguerreotype of Brig. Gen. Edward P. Fyffe. Fyffe, a physician, enlisted as a Colonel, 26th Ohio Vol. Inf. Regt. on June 10, 1861, promoted to Brevet Brigadier Gen. on March 13, 1865. He was at Stones River. He was from Urbana (Champaign County),...
This invoice from the U.S. Army Medical Purveyor's Office lists the field case, pocket set and teeth extracting set issued to Asst. Surgeon Dr. Elihu P. Pierce, 6th N. H. Inf., USA. He was also listed as Field & Staff.
These documents pertain to the pension application in 1880 of Dr. Elihu P. Pierce, who served as Asst. Surgeon, 6th N. H. Inf., USA. It includes forms from the Department of the Interior pension office which assert that Pierce contracted...
Non-comissioned officer's sword passed through the family of Luther George Miller of Ohio. The right leaf of the guard is turned down and "F. P." is stamped on the base of the blade. The initials "J C P" are etched on the bottom of the guard.
Transcription of a telegram to Andrew Johnson, the Governor of Tennessee, from Assistant Secretary of War P. H. Watson regarding the exchange of prisoners.
Parole of William P. Willilams, private Co 48th North Carolina regiment of Cooks Brigade. The document states that he was a paroled prisoner of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox. It gives him permission to return to his house and remain...
